
To wit, the Flex 2 supports call and text notifications, as stated, and now automatically tracks various types of activity, as well as sleep, with no furious tapping on the module to enter various modes.

After using various screen-based Fitbits, and a number of smartwatches, over the years the Flex 2's lack of a screen feels like an incumbrance, but the Fitbit representatives I talked to at the launch event in New York emphasized that the tracker can, and likely will, be worn alongside timepieces of all types, including smart watches.Įven though the Flex 2 lacks a screen, it still attempt to recreate many of the requisite "smart" features found on more expensive trackers like the Force, Alta and Charge: its LEDs now support colors, which light up along with the vibration motor to notify when a call is coming through on your iPhone or Android device.įitbit has always been good about trickling features from its more expensive trackers down the product line. Like the original, the Flex 2 doesn't have a screen instead, it has five LEDs that double as progress counters (10,000 steps = one LED for every 2,000). And it's now waterproof, which makes it the first Fitbit you can keep on in the shower, pool, or ocean without worrying the parts inside are going to corrode and shut down. First, it's small - like, this module is tiny - and still removable, so easily replaced if lost or transferred to another band. Available for $99.95, Flex 2 is probably the perfect Fitbit as it was described all those years ago.
